$7,380
Simon Willard Patent Timepiece or "Banjo" Clock," Roxbury, Massachusetts, c. 1805, the mahogany case with uniform cut head, dovetailed bottom board, crossbanded inlaid frames enclosing reverse-painted tablets, the lower inscribed Willard's Patent and on the banner clutched by an American eagle, E. Pluribus Unum , all within a geometric border, the waist glass flanked by brass side ornaments decorated with leafage and scrolls, brass bezel over the painted iron rolling Arabic numeral dial, blued steel diamond-shaped hands and period brass eagle finial, eight-day brass movement with dead-beat escapement, step train, through bolt case attachment and T-bridge pendulum suspension powered by a lead weight and regulated by a pendulum, ht. 35 in.
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2015-10-31
